Anna Komnene, One of the First Female Historians (ep. 16.6)
Anna Komnene is not the absolute first female historian, but she's pretty close. Plus, she wrote a full length book which still exists if you care to read it today. She also lived through the First Crusade, not to mention centuries of slander.
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